BacSomatic help you to find the hygiene quality of raw milk before you start using it with fast bacteria and somatic cell count in one handy instrument. Small and handy instrument for Bacteria Count and Somatic Cell Count offers a rapid alternative to manual assay or semi-automated methods requiring reagent handling. Reagent bag system ensures exact reagent dosage every time reducing the risk of human error that can occur with other methods.
BacSomatic provides rapid hygiene testing of milk. BacSomatic is the first ever integrated bacteria and somatic cell tester and offers full automation for minimal reagent handling and consistent test results.
Integrated bacteria and somatic cell tester
Automatic and fast alternative to manual assay, providing instant, simultaneous results for individual bacteria and somatic cell count with-in 9.5 minutes and 1.5 minutes for somatic cell count alone.
More accurate than alternative methods
A fully automated procedure avoids the risk of human error and in-consistency, while ready-to-use reagents in an enclosed bag system, ensure the exact same dosage for every measurement. A sensor in the reagent bag indicates the number of available tests remaining. The unique reagent concept includes control samples for quality assurance and GLP. Online remote monitoring ensures consistent performance and high uptime.
Simple and flexible to use
Built on a long heritage of FOSS analytical technology and backed by global FOSS support, BacSomatic combines robust performance with a modern interface. Very easy-to-use with intuitive touch-screen operation for smarter money-saving decisions on how to use milk.
Sample Types
Raw cow’s milk and buffalo milk
Parameters
Individual Bacteria Count (IBC)
Somatic Cell Count (SCC)
Technology
Flow cytometry technology, counting individual bacteria cells and somatic cells.
The IBC results can be converted to CFU results. BacSomatic software includes an easy and rapid tool to develop a robust conversion table between IBC and CFU.
Approvals
EURL/Microval
FDA/NCIMS
In compliance with ISO/IDF standards
| Feature Specification | |
| Analysis time | 9.5 minutes for IBC, 1.5 minutes for SCC |
| Analysis capacity | SCC and IBC: 15 samples/hour IBC only: 15 samples/hour SCC only: 40 samples/hour |
| Sample intake | IBC & SCC: 7.2 ml IBC: 6.4 ml SCC: 2.5 ml |
| Sample temperature | 2 - 42 °C (35.6-107.6 °F) (preserved) 2 - 4 degrees °C (non preserved) |
| Sample quality | Raw milk of normal composition and good quality. Unpreserved or preserved with azidiol |
| Carry-over effect | <1% relative, usually <0.5% (uncompensated) |
| Working factor | SCC: 100
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| Measuring range | IBC: 5,000-20 mill. IBC/ml (approx. 1,500 to 10 mill CFU/ml) SCC: 0-10 mill. cells/ml |
| Performance range | IBC: 10,000 - 10 mill. IBC/ml SCC: 100,000 - 1.5 mill. cells/ml |
| Accuracy | IBC: Typical Sy,x < 0.25 log units from SPC (standard plate count) SCC: < 10% relative mean difference form Direct Microscopic |
| Reference or anchor method | SCC Standard Plate Count (SPC) EN-ISO 4833-1:2013 |
| Dimensions (w x h x d) | 400 x 400 x 400 mm |
| Weight | 25 kg |
| Space requirements (w x d) | Approx. 600 x 630 mm |
| Power supply | 110 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz |
| Power consumption | max 190 VA |
| Water supply for preparation | Purified water (<5 μS/cm3) The instrument does not require a direct connection to water tap but for chemical preparations ultra pure demineralized water must be available |
| Waste | Max 1 l |
| Ambient temperature | 5 - 35 °C (41 - 95 °F) |
| Relative humidity | <93% RH |
| Instrument management | |
| Networking software | FossManager |
Repeatability
| Range (IBC/µl) | Sr (log-units) | Tipic Sr(log-units) |
| 10-50 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| 51-200 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| >200 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| Entire range | 0.05 |
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Reproducibility (between instruments) |
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| Range (IBC/µl) | SR (log-units) | Tipic SR (log-units) |
| 10-50 | 0.11 | 0.08 |
| 51-200 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| >200 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Repetability | |
| Range (SCC/µl) | CV, % |
| 100 - 299 | 6 |
| 300 - 499 | 4 |
| >500 | 3 |
| Reproductibility | |
| Range (SCC/µl) | SR, % |
| 100 - 299 | 7 |
| 300 - 499 | 5 |
| >500 | 4 |
